What I like most is that, whilr unapologetically conservative, they are fair and will acknowledge faults in the right and good in the left.
Take their editor Dreher. Dreher is a very social conservative, and economically populist. So is he a Trumpist? He despises Trump specifically for his character shortcomings and has no patience for someone who cant see Trump do any bad. Dreher also has complete intolerance for incivility towards his opponents.
Also, I havent found any other publication explain the damage that cars have caused America than their segment “The new Urbs”. Only Ivan Illich’s quip that cars average 5mph come close to the poignancy.
For TAC the car’s sins aren't CO2 emissions. The sin of the car is that it ripped our cities apart. For TAC, the electric car isn't the solution but a mere bandaid.
They are unabashedly anti-war and anti-interventionist in a manner that Mark Twain, or Smedley Butler would be were they alive (ie many of them, like Twain and Butler, made the mistake of believing the establishment narrative on foreign intervention and are furiously making amends).
Finally, TAC is a gateway to sober conservative intelligentsia, which exists, is very broad and very rich. How many have heard of Roger Scruton compare to Hannity?
EDIT:
Some criticism is in order.
They appear to be a talent incubator, a lot of their columnists are recent grads. They’re great, but they don't last long and I miss some of the old guys (especially their urbanism guy)
They are increasingly a christian focused magazine, which is fine by me, but does limit their palpability for HN readers. That being said, i suspect believers of any faith would be more comfortable reading TAC than NYT (in my experience religious people are more comfortable with people of other faith than with secularism - but its a long and off topic point)
Finally, about the ME coverage. Its simple, its not in the US interest or our problem. Agreed. However their stance on Israel is softer than it was but harsher than mainstream media. Everyone has a problem with men in the middle.